abide
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromMiddle Englishabyden,fromOld Englishābīdan(“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”),fromProto-Germanic*uzbīdaną(“to expect, tolerate”),equivalent toa-+bide.Cognate withScotsabide(“to abide, remain”),Middle High Germanerbīten(“to await, expect”),Gothic𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽(usbeidan,“to expect, await, have patience”).The sense ofpay foris due to influence fromaby.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key):/əˈbaɪd/
- (US)IPA(key):/əˈbaɪd/
Audio(US): (file) Audio(Canada): (file) - Rhymes:-aɪd
Verb
[edit]abide(third-person singular simple presentabides,present participleabiding,simple pastabodeorabidedorabid,past participleabodeorabidedor(rare)abidden)
- (transitive)To endure without yielding; towithstand.[from mid-12th c.][2]
- Synonyms:hold on,resist,persevere;see alsoThesaurus:persevere
- The old oak treeabidesthe wind endlessly.
- (transitive)To bearpatiently.[from late 15th c.][2]
- Synonyms:brook,put up with,tolerate;see alsoThesaurus:tolerate
- "I never couldabideshoemakers, "said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.[3]
- 1593,anonymous author,The Life and Death of Iacke Straw[…],Act III:
- VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues,
And notabidethe pride of tyrranie.
- c.1596–1599(date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth,[…]”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii],page87,column 2:
- Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could notabideM[aster]Shallow.
- 1978December 2, “!HELP!! (personal advertisement)”, inGay Community News,volume 6, number19,page14:
- We are vegetarian leaning, dislike smoking and alcohol, cannotabidedrugs.
- 1998,Joel Coen, Ethan Coen,The Big Lebowski(motion picture), spoken by The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston):
- By God sir. I will notabideanother toe.
- (transitive)To pay for; to stand the consequences of.[from late 16th c.][2]
- Synonyms:answer for,suffer,atone
- [c.1595–1596(date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies(First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii],page154,column 2:
- Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thouabideit deare.]
- 1599(first performance),William Shakespeare,“The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii],page122,column 1:
- If it be found ſo, ſome will deereabideit.
- 1667,John Milton,“Book IV”, inParadise Lost.[…],London:[…][Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker[…];[a]nd by Robert Boulter[…];[a]nd Matthias Walker,[…],→OCLC;republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books:[…],London: Basil Montagu Pickering[…],1873,→OCLC:
- Ay me, they little know / How dearly Iabidethat boaſt ſo vaine, / Under what torments inwardly I groane[…]
- Used in a phrasal verb:abide by(“to accept and act in accordance with”).
- The new teacher was strict and the students did not want toabideby his rules.
- (intransitive,obsolete)Towaitin expectation.[mid-12th–mid-17th c.][2]
- Synonyms:hold on,stay;see alsoThesaurus:wait
- 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Genesis22:5:
- And Abraham ſaid vnto his yong men,Abideyou here with the aſſe, and I and the lad will goe yonder and worſhip, and come againe to you.
- (intransitive,obsolete)Topause;todelay.[from ca. 1150—1350 to mid-17th c.][2]
- (intransitive,archaic,Scotland)Tostay;tocontinuein a place; to remainstableorfixedin some state or condition; to be left.[from ca. 1150—1350][2]
- 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Ecclesiastes1:4:
- One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earthabidethfor euer.
- 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,1 Corinthians7:20:
- Let euery manabidein the ſame calling wherein he was called.
- 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Luke24:29:
- But they constrained him, saying,Abidewith vs, for it is towards euening, and the day is farre spent: And he went in, to tarrie with them.
- (intransitive,archaic)To have one'sabode.[from ca. 1350—1470][2]
- Synonyms:dwell,live,reside;see alsoThesaurus:reside
- 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Genesis24:55:
- And her brother and her mother ſaid, Let the damſellabidewith vs a few dayes, at the leaſt ten ; after that, ſhe ſhall goe.
- 1953,Samuel Beckett,Watt,1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Grove Press,published1959,→OCLC:
- In empty hush, in airless gloom, Mr. Knottabode,in the large room set aside for his exclusive enjoyment, and that of his attendant.
- (intransitive,archaic)To endure; toremain;to last.[from ca. 1350—1470][2]
- 1998,Joel and Ethan Coen,The Big Lebowski(motion picture), spoken by Narrator (Sam Elliot):
- The Dudeabides.
- (transitive,archaic)To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.[from early 12th c.][2]
- Synonyms:await,wait for;see alsoThesaurus:wait for
- 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Acts20:23:
- Saue that the holy Ghoſt witneſſeth in euery city, ſaying that bonds and afflictionsabideme.
- 1859,Alfred Tennyson,“Enid”, inIdylls of the King,London:Edward Moxon & Co.,[…],→OCLC,page52:
- I willabidethe coming of my lord.
- (transitive,obsolete)Toendureorundergoa hard trial or a task; to stand up under.[from ca. 1150—1350 to early 18th c.][2]
- 1859,Alfred Tennyson,“Enid”, inIdylls of the King,London:Edward Moxon & Co.,[…],→OCLC,page31:
- […]And shaltabideher judgment on it.
- (transitive,archaic)To awaitsubmissively;accept without question; submit to.[from ca. 1350—1470][2]
- 1595December 9 (first known performance),William Shakespeare,“The life and death of King Richard the Second”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies(First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene vi],page45:
- The grand Conſpirator, Abbot of Weſtminſter, / With clog of Conſcience, and ſowre Melancholly, / Hath yeelded vp his body to the graue : / But here isCarlile,liuing toabide/ Thy Kingly doome, and ſentence of his pride.
Usage notes
[edit]- (bear patiently):The negative formcan't abideis used to indicate strong dislike.
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References
[edit]- “abide,v.”,inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language,Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries,2004–present,→OCLC.
- ^Philip Babcock Gove (editor),Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged(G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909],→ISBN), page 3
- ↑2.002.012.022.032.042.052.062.072.082.092.10Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abide”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles,5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN,page 4.
- ^Robert Holland, M.R.A.C.,A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester,Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 1
Anagrams
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Noun
[edit]abide
Old English
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[edit]Verb
[edit]ābīde
Verb
[edit]ābide
Turkish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]InheritedfromOttoman Turkishآبده(ābide),fromArabicآبِدة(ʔābida),fromآبِد(ʔābid),active participle ofأَبَدَ(ʔabada). The sense ofmonumentfirst attested around 1908 with respect to theMonument of Liberty (Âbide-i Hürriyet)then under construction in Istanbul.[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]- âbide(superseded spelling)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abide(definite accusativeabideyi,pluralabideler)
- something ofmonumentalimportance
- monument
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
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Nominative | abide | |
Definite accusative | abideyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | abide | abideler |
Definite accusative | abideyi | abideleri |
Dative | abideye | abidelere |
Locative | abidede | abidelerde |
Ablative | abideden | abidelerden |
Genitive | abidenin | abidelerin |
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]abide
References
[edit]- ^Nişanyan, Sevan(2002–) “abide”,inNişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “abide”,inTurkish dictionaries,Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar(2007) “abide²”,inÖtüken Türkçe Sözlük(in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat,page83
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